[philgeorge]

Nice! So... essentially this is what inspired Devs?

[flixic]

Yes, it’s acknowledged as the main inspiration for Devs. IMHO short story is much better. Devs drag out the same amount of ideas over many hours.

[marvel_boy]

I guess Devs is what inspired this.

[teraflop]

Check the date... this story was published in 2007.

[awinter-py]

yes but I doubt they copied without permission

more likely explanation is the author simulated a different universe to 2018, watched some hulu, and then wrote down the story for free publication on the web